Pascagoula-Gautier School District public meetings in 2025
22 substantive meetings from 2025, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing multiple routine items, including personnel actions, student transfers, donations, equipment disposal, field trips, and a partnership with Goodwill Industries. The meeting also opened with prayer, the pledge, roll call, and recognitions. All votes were unanimous.
- Approval of Personnel Separations/Recommendations
- Approval of Student Assignments and Transfers (Nov 3–21, 2025)
- Approval of Donations/Grants
- Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Goodwill Industries of South Mississippi, Inc. for 2025–2026
- Approval of BSN Sports and Nike Reward Program for Pascagoula Athletics
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing multiple routine items. These included personnel separations and recommendations, student assignments and transfers, donations and grants, equipment removal, overnight field trips, a memorandum of understanding with the Jackson County Youth Detention Center, revisions to board policies, and a payment to Sports Contractors Unlimited, LLC. All votes were unanimous.
- Approval of personnel separations and recommendations
- Approval of student assignments and transfers for Oct 13–31, 2025
- Approval of donations and grants
- Approval of memorandum of understanding with Jackson County Youth Detention Center
- Approval of Application and Certificate of Payment #5 to Sports Contractors Unlimited, LLC
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Session Board Meeting 4:00 pm
This special session of the Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held on October 16, 2025, consisted of only routine procedural actions: approving the agenda, approving a request for facility use, and adjourning. No substantive policy or budget items were discussed.
- Board approved a request for use of a school facility (details not specified in agenda)
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing multiple routine items, including personnel separations, student assignments and transfers, donations/grants, equipment disposal, an ERATE bid for FY26, an employee travel manual, a payment to D.N.P., Inc., a dual credit MOU with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for Gautier High School, an emergency purchase for Pascagoula High School gym A/C, and an overnight field trip for GHS Cross Country. The meeting also included opening items, recognitions, and visitors.
- Approval of Memorandum of Understanding with Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College for Dual Credit at Gautier High School
- Emergency purchase for Pascagoula High School Gym air conditioning
- Approval of Personnel Separations/Recommendations
- Approval of Application and Certificate of Payment #2 to D.N.P., Inc.
- Approval of overnight field trip for Gautier High School Cross Country
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Session Board Meeting 5:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held a special session and approved a memorandum of understanding with South Mississippi Mental Health Center. The board also adopted the agenda and adjourned.
- Approval of memorandum of understanding with South Mississippi Mental Health Center
- Roll call and agenda approval
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board opened with prayer and pledge, approved the agenda, and then approved the consent agenda. The consent agenda included personnel changes, claims for August 2025, release of students, facility use requests, donations/grants, equipment disposal, a revision to the instructional organizational chart, a bid for Singing River Academy stage curtain replacement, and a service agreement with MP Design Group for an elementary intercom upgrade.
- Approval of personnel separations/recommendations
- Approval of docket of claims for August 2025
- Approval of release of students to enroll in other districts
- Approval of bid for Singing River Academy stage curtain replacement
- Approval of service agreement with MP Design Group for elementary intercom upgrade
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Session Board Meeting 4:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held a special session, largely procedural, to enter executive session for a personnel matter. The board approved the agenda, closed the meeting for executive session, and then discussed a personnel issue, retaining a hearing officer and authorizing the superintendent to arrange a hearing date. The session concluded with a return to open session and adjournment.
- Approval of executive session for a personnel matter
- Retention of a hearing officer for the personnel case
- Authorization for superintendent to schedule the hearing
- Board voted 5-0 on all actions
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The board voted unanimously to approve the consent agenda, which included personnel separations and recommendations, the docket of claims for July 2025, several student enrollment requests for children of employees, a transfer agreement with Petal School District, equipment disposal, donations/grants, facility use at M.R. Cole South Field, and the auction of surplus vehicles. They also received a presentation on the CCTI program.
- Approval of the docket of claims for July 2025
- Enrollment of an in-district student whose parent is an employee, per Policy JBCD
- Agreement with Petal School District regarding maintenance funds and tuition for transfer students
- Release of students to enroll in the district where their parents are employed (out-of-district)
- Authorization to auction surplus vehicles
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Public Hearing 5:30 p.m.
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District held a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2025-2026 budget. The board also approved the agenda and later adjourned.
- Public hearing on the proposed Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget
- Approval of the meeting agenda
- Adjournment of the public hearing
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing routine items. Actions included personnel separations, ratification of the June 2025 docket of claims, employee-student enrollment decisions, student releases to other districts, and approval of donations and disposal of surplus equipment. No items were discussed separately.
- Approved personnel separations and recommendations
- Ratified the Docket of Claims for June 2025
- Approved enrollment of in-district and out-of-district students whose parents are employees
- Approved release of students to Ocean Springs, Jackson County, and Moss Point school districts
- Approved removal of equipment from inventory and auction of surplus assets
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board voted to approve a consent agenda covering minutes, personnel separations, the May 2025 docket of claims, student assignments and transfers, employee enrollment policies, and donations/grants. The board also approved an interagency agreement with Gulf Oaks Therapeutic Day School.
- Approval of Docket of Claims for May 2025
- Approval of Personnel Separations/Recommendations
- Approval of Student Assignments and Transfers for May 2025
- Approval of Interagency Agreement with Oceans Healthcare - Gulf Oaks Therapeutic Day School
- Approval of Removal of Equipment from Inventory and Disposal
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board met on May 12, 2025, and approved a consent agenda covering multiple administrative items. Actions included approving minutes, personnel separations/recommendations, the docket of claims for April 2025, student assignments and transfers, a revision to Board Policy JBCD on transfers and withdrawals, and agreements for payment or non-payment of maintenance funds and tuition for transfer students with seven other school districts. The board also approved donations/grants, equipment disposal, surplus auction, teacher academy student interns for FY25-26, and use of the Pascagoula High School Performing Arts Center.
- Approval of Personnel Separations/Recommendations
- Approval of Docket of Claims for April 2025
- Approval of revision to Board Policy JBCD – Transfers and Withdrawals of Students
- Approval of agreements for transfer student maintenance funds/tuition with Biloxi, George County, Gulfport, Harrison County, Jackson County, Moss Point, and Ocean Springs School Districts
- Approval of Teacher Academy Student Interns for FY25-26
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda covering routine items including personnel separations, student assignments, tuition cost for the 2025-2026 school year, and agreements with Long Beach and Pass Christian school districts for non-payment of maintenance funds and tuition for transfer students. The board also approved a revision to policy IDDFA regarding service animals in schools, a financial audit recommendation, and declaring surplus equipment for auction.
- Set tuition cost for the 2025-2026 school year
- Approved agreements with Long Beach and Pass Christian School Districts for non-payment of maintenance funds and tuition for transfer students for 2025-2026
- Approved revision to Board Policy IDDFA, Service Animals in Schools
- Approved financial audit recommendation
- Approved declaring surplus and auction for sale
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a consent agenda containing 12 items in a single motion, covering routine administrative actions such as personnel separations, student transfers, stipends, grants, a new Cardiac Emergency Response Plan policy, and an overnight field trip. All items passed unanimously with five yea votes.
- Approved new board policy EBBAG – Cardiac Emergency Response Plan
- Approved FY2025-2026 Carl D. Perkins Basic Grant for college and career technical programs
- Approved personnel separations/recommendations
- Approved intersession stipends and curriculum writing
- Approved overnight field trip for CCTI SkillsUSA
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Called Board Meeting 8:45 am
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held a special called meeting to interview candidates for superintendent in executive session. The board voted to suspend the residency requirement for the superintendent, then selected and employed Dr. Caterria Payton for a three-year term starting July 1, 2025, with salary to be set. The meeting included procedural items such as approving the agenda and entering executive session.
- Approved suspension of policy GBDA requiring superintendent to reside within the district
- Selected Dr. Caterria Payton as superintendent
- Employed Dr. Caterria Payton from July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2028 with salary to be set
- Held executive session for candidate interviews
- Swearing in of board members and roll call
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Called Board Meeting 4:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District board held a special called meeting to enter executive session for a work session to interview candidates for superintendent. The board voted unanimously to approve the agenda, close the meeting for executive session, and later return to open session before adjourning.
- Approval of agenda and motion to close meeting for executive session
- Executive session for personnel matter: interviews of candidates for superintendent
- Motion carried to return to open session with all five members voting yes
- Meeting adjourned after open session
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Called Board Meeting 3:45 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board approved a standard abbreviated agreement with Machado|Patano PLLC (MP Design Group) for the 2025 Painting and Refresh project. They also authorized advertising and accepting bids for paint refresh at Eastlawn Elementary, Lake Elementary, and the Instructional Support Department (ISD). The board then entered executive session to discuss personnel matters, specifically interviewing candidates for superintendent. The meeting adjourned after returning to open session.
- Approved agreement with Machado|Patano PLLC for PGSD 2025 Painting and Refresh project
- Authorized advertising and accepting bids for paint refresh at Eastlawn Elementary, Lake Elementary, and ISD
- Entered executive session to interview candidates for superintendent
- All motions passed unanimously
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Called Board Meeting 4:30 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board held a special called meeting on February 19, 2025. After approving the agenda, the board voted to close the meeting and enter executive session for a personnel matter. The board conducted interviews of candidates for superintendent in closed session, then returned to open session and adjourned. No other business was discussed.
- Roll call and approval of the agenda
- Motion to close meeting to determine executive session
- Approval of executive session for personnel matter
- Personnel Matter - Board Work Session - Interviews of Candidates for Superintendent (discussion only)
- Return to open session and adjournment
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Called Board Meeting 1:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School Board held a special called meeting to enter executive session and receive a report from the Mississippi School Boards Association on candidates who have applied for the position of superintendent. The board voted unanimously to approve the agenda, close the meeting to determine executive session, approve the executive session, return to open session, and adjourn.
- Executive session to receive MSBA report on superintendent candidates
- Unanimous votes to close meeting, hold executive session, and return to open session
- All five board members present and voting in favor of all actions
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:00 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board elected officers (Tracy Jackson as President, Matt Johnson as Secretary) and approved a proclamation for Board Member Appreciation Week. The board then approved a consent agenda that included personnel changes, student assignments and transfers, donations, equipment disposal, weather emergency leave, the purchase of ten school buses, facility use at Pascagoula High School Performing Arts Center, and meal prices for the 2025-2026 school year.
- Election of Tracy Jackson as Board President and Matt Johnson as Board Secretary
- Approval to purchase ten school buses
- Approval of meal prices for 2025-2026 school year
- Approval to enroll an out-of-district student whose parent is an employee
- Approval to exempt student days and grant administrative leave for weather emergency (Policy GARIP)
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Special Called Board Meeting 4:30 pm
The Pascagoula-Gautier School District held a special called board meeting on January 13, 2025. The main item of business was a board work session featuring architect presentations, which was discussed but no action was taken. The meeting also included approval of the agenda and adjournment.
- Board work session to hear architect presentations (discussion only, no action)
🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Pascagoula-Gautier School District Board Meeting 6:15 pm
The Board met to review and approve a series of administrative items via a consent agenda. These actions include personnel changes, financial claims, and student assignments.
- Approval of the Docket of Claims for December 2024
- Approval of personnel separations and recommendations
- Approval of student assignments and transfers from December 2-18, 2024
- Approval of MOU grants with Southern MS Planning & Development District and Mississippi Community College Board for FY24-25
- Approval of overnight field trips for GMS Choir and PHS NJROTC